Kirby on a Roll
null By James FreemanNov. 21, 2023 5:31 pm ETNSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby participates in the daily press briefing at the White House on Monday. Photo: Chris Kleponis - Pool Via Cnp/Zuma PressA loyal reader wonders whether the over-representation (relative to the U.S. population) of anti-Semites on the campuses of elite universities is the fault of the faculty or the admissions departments. Are schools creating haters or recruiting them? Perhaps there is an academic researcher somewhere willing to explore this fascinating question of nature vs. nurture. In the meantime, a responsible adult off campus is giving the kids a free vocabulary lecture. Don’t laugh, but once again in this topsy-turvy world a message of clarity and good sense is emanating from the podium of the White House press briefing room. Recently National Security Council spokesman John Kirby appropriately addressed the claims of the ironically titled Gaza Ministry of Health. On Monday Mr.
Nov. 21, 2023 5:31 pm ET
A loyal reader wonders whether the over-representation (relative to the U.S. population) of anti-Semites on the campuses of elite universities is the fault of the faculty or the admissions departments. Are schools creating haters or recruiting them? Perhaps there is an academic researcher somewhere willing to explore this fascinating question of nature vs. nurture. In the meantime, a responsible adult off campus is giving the kids a free vocabulary lecture.
Don’t laugh, but once again in this topsy-turvy world a message of clarity and good sense is emanating from the podium of the White House press briefing room. Recently National Security Council spokesman John Kirby appropriately addressed the claims of the ironically titled Gaza Ministry of Health. On Monday Mr. Kirby was back at the podium with a helpful instruction on the correct use of a term that is among the political world’s most misused words. He also noted why people must remain free to use it. Here’s the White House transcript, beginning with a reporter’s question:
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James Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page and author of the weekday Best of the Web column. He is the co-author of "Borrowed Time: Two Centuries of Booms, Busts and Bailouts at Citi," recognized as a New York Times Editors' Choice and a Financial Times Business Book of the Month. He is a contributor to the Fox News Channel and a host of "Deep Dive" on Fox Nation. Before joining the Journal in September 2007, James served as investor advocate at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he encouraged the transformation of financial reporting technology to benefit individual investors. He is a graduate of Yale.
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